I have been using a Ned rig and getting 0 bites in water with vegetation, when I switch to a chatter-bait ill catch a PB immediately why is the Ned rig letting me down man 🙁
For some reason I could not catch fish early last Spring unless I was finesse fishing. Thanks to your video last year the Ned was my secret(not so secret weapon). Definitely my top bait of 2018. Caught several Bass both Largemouth and Smallmouth between 1-4 lbs. I even got many Channel Cats, Crappies and Perch. A couple Walleyes too! I also caught my first artificial Flathead Catfish weighing 10 pounds on a Ned.
Ned rigs are cool, but a short piece of any fat worm that sinks rigged weed less or with an exposed hook will work without fail. I figured this out about the time these fat worms showed up at Walmart. I was catching bass like mad on these worms in early spring and I just kept biting off the torn up piece because I am cheap. They became even better as they slowly got shorter. Ta-da. Then someone named them Ned and made a fortune selling the dam things. Colors no one uses that work for me. Sweet-Tader-Pie, Bubble-Gum, Girly Pink. They catch everything and work when only an inch is left. They are fish Kielbasa, add a skirt and you get the sauerkraut. Today is remember Dottie day for me. Sorry Debo I may become annoying.
I have rigged up some of my Rattletraps with inline VMC large ring single hooks. I am sure they will end or reduce fish shaking off lipless baits. They also should reduce snagging when fished thru cover. I put one inside my hand and cannot pull it thru my hand without one or both hooks snagging me.
Remember: most states fishing laws state: (any) fish hooked outside the mouth is considered snagged and must be released immediately. This means if you catch a new state record and it has hooks stuck on the outside someone is going to dispute your new state record and you are pretty much screwed. State Fish commissions require witnesses and or taking a polygraph test before awarding any new state record. So, if they CSI your fish and find a hook wound on the outside of your trophy they can and will fine you for an illegally caught fish. This is going from a Hero to a Zero and that would be worse than not catching a record size fish at all.
March 20, 2006: Mac Weakley was fishing Dixon Lake California, with Mike Winn and Jed Dickerson. Mr. Weakly hooked a largemouth bass. Weighing 25 pounds, 1 ounce when he weighed her on his digital scale. Breaking the world record by almost three pounds. Sadly, the 25-pound Largemouth was foul-hooked. His jig hooked the fish outside the mouth. Because of the California fishing, regulations the bass was not legally hooked inside the mouth and had to be release. The fish was named Dottie, because of a distinguishing marking she had. Dottie was found dead two years later May 8, 2008 floating in front of a dock. Her age was estimated to be 15 to 17 years old. Dottie may not be in the record book but she is still the biggest Largemouth Bass ever recorded and should be remember for that alone.
Guess what! Guess what!! Debo I took your great idea of adding eyes to plastic swimbaits to another level. I removed the eyes of your favorite Miyagi swimmer and added big 9-milimeter eyes. I used the eyes from them on Magic Flick drop shot minnows and the difference is amazing. Adding eyes to flies always made them more effective and the bigger the better. Try it; see for yourself, they make a real difference. You can get 3D reflective eyes on E-Bay of all sizes by the hundred for dollar and a little more for the larger sizes. But-a-Boom-But a-Bing adding Bling makes swimbaits King.
I have just about the same setup for spring. Love my jigs and always have a finesse one at least handy if not tied on for the upcoming trips. Ned rig I have caught a lot of fish on and have that tied on actually almost all year long. Need to work on my senko game this year. I have been using small lizards and have gotten some on those. Nice video sir.
'Some people say I only catch dinks'. Hilarious! Keep up the great vids! So ready for spring. It's so close. How's the water levels around ur area. Been seeing some crazy stuff. Hope all is well!
Debo, can you do a 1 hour challenge with your top 5 soft plastics? One rule: Can’t use it as a trailer. Must be Texas, Carolina, wacky etc. Just not as a trailer.
Going to a smaller paddle-tail swimbait, or a smaller stickbait helps me out in the grassy areas I fish in, and a drop-shot can work wonders (just saying, haha). I'm working on my jig game recently, and saw the value in down sizing. I was using a 3/8oz jig and trailer, but it kept collecting too much algae, so I downsized to a 1/4oz jig and trailer and caught some.
I would love to see a TRD Crawz vs Gary Yamamoto Psychodad vid. I saw a vid of the GY psychodad neko rigged and it looked awesome. Going to try that out soon. Keep up the vids, I’m digging the content!
Well I know I'll be throwin 1/8 oz shakey head + zman finesses worms. I only started throwin shakey heads last year. I'll be throwin tiny spinner baits, and inline spinners as well,probably some chatter baits, since I picked up some of them.
Hi Debo I have too many choices so I will just let you pick one you like. I bass fish and I fly fish and many fly anglers look down their arrogant noses at anglers that chuck rubber worms and baits made from plastic and wood. However, I like fishing of every kind. Casting tiny flies will instill a few things that bass anglers overlook. Fineness fishing as a rule requires light line and smaller lures. Light line as in small diameter line. I caught plenty of Steelhead using four and six pound line using hooks from size 16 to size 12 when forced to use them or never hook a fish. The same is true for bass fishing. If you can land a crazy 8-pound Steelhead, this means you have an equal chance to land a bass of the same size. Any lure starting at ¼oz and smaller with ten-pound braid works wonders. Tiny buzz baits, top water baits, spinnerbaits, crankbaits and plastics lets you fish water as deep as 12-feet. Tiny line makes any lure perform better. The technique that can fish both shallow and deep is a drop shot rig as boring as it is. Ned the turd is ok on hard bottom but the drop shot is just better for fishing grass, deep water, and fish in a catatonic state. The big mistake when using a drop shot is shaking the hell out of it. Drop shot baits do not need your help they move no matter how still you try to hold them. You will miss half the fish that bite while you wiggle and jiggle your line. Cast it to a place you think a fish could be, let hit bottom, and wait as long as you can while leaving only enough slack in the line as not to move the bait. Bass will slam the hell out of it sometimes and sometimes you will just feel a tick. Do not yank just reel tight and the fish will do the rest. You do not even have use spinning rods if you do not like them because bait caster called BFS reels will work perfect for people who loath using spinning tackle.
Junebug is pretty good for dark water also. I haven't had any luck with watermelon red flake in clear water. lol. I don't even break that color out anymore. Awesome video none the less.
I have good luck with Z Man StreakZ 4" Curly tail with a belly weighted hook. The tail on those have so much action, and you can work them like a jig, or just crank them in at a medium pace. I catch more on chartreuse an black/purple.
Feeeeshin Freinds ?
Agree, but would add the shakey head to my list,
Your videos are awesome! It’s great to watch a channel with a fellow Iowan where you feel most related!
Drop shot, small paddle tail, and…..oh drop shot 😁
I catch far more fish using a cut down yum dinger than I do the TRDs. the TRDs also seem to have low melting point in the heat.
I tried a ned rig for the first time yesterday. Caught a nice one on the first cast.
Is that really how you say fishing? Or you just being funny? Lol
Where can i buy one of those hats
I have been using a Ned rig and getting 0 bites in water with vegetation, when I switch to a chatter-bait ill catch a PB immediately why is the Ned rig letting me down man 🙁
I LOVE this video. This really hit home for me.
For some reason I could not catch fish early last Spring unless I was finesse fishing. Thanks to your video last year the Ned was my secret(not so secret weapon). Definitely my top bait of 2018. Caught several Bass both Largemouth and Smallmouth between 1-4 lbs. I even got many Channel Cats, Crappies and Perch. A couple Walleyes too! I also caught my first artificial Flathead Catfish weighing 10 pounds on a Ned.
Can’t wait to see your 2019 fishing successes!!
Ned rig is awesome i just started fishing it and it totally catches fish!
Solid tips, brother! 👊💪Top 3 for me would be…shaky head worm, shaky head craw or a ball head tipped with a grub.
Debo i hope youre not in the flood zone area bro. Cannot believe the devastation.
Weightless fluke is my go to finesse. Color depends on water color.
The Bass pro shops stick bait in pool test has as good a fall action as a senko and half the price.
Gotta ask what happened with you and kastking? I don’t really hear you mention them as much. Great vid
Thanks man 🤙
Have had a chance to use the Kastking Bassinator yet?
Just started Ned rig last year had great luck with a small company that makes what they call Ned monsters
Where do you live in Iowa? My local lake is lake view
Ned rigs are cool, but a short piece of any fat worm that sinks rigged weed less or with an exposed hook will work without fail. I figured this out about the time these fat worms showed up at Walmart. I was catching bass like mad on these worms in early spring and I just kept biting off the torn up piece because I am cheap. They became even better as they slowly got shorter. Ta-da. Then someone named them Ned and made a fortune selling the dam things. Colors no one uses that work for me. Sweet-Tader-Pie, Bubble-Gum, Girly Pink. They catch everything and work when only an inch is left. They are fish Kielbasa, add a skirt and you get the sauerkraut. Today is remember Dottie day for me. Sorry Debo I may become annoying.
Why you should try single hooks
I have rigged up some of my Rattletraps with inline VMC large ring single hooks. I am sure they will end or reduce fish shaking off lipless baits. They also should reduce snagging when fished thru cover. I put one inside my hand and cannot pull it thru my hand without one or both hooks snagging me.
Remember: most states fishing laws state: (any) fish hooked outside the mouth is considered snagged and must be released immediately. This means if you catch a new state record and it has hooks stuck on the outside someone is going to dispute your new state record and you are pretty much screwed. State Fish commissions require witnesses and or taking a polygraph test before awarding any new state record. So, if they CSI your fish and find a hook wound on the outside of your trophy they can and will fine you for an illegally caught fish. This is going from a Hero to a Zero and that would be worse than not catching a record size fish at all.
DEBO***
A Day to Remember in Bass Fishing History
March 20, 2006: Mac Weakley was fishing Dixon Lake California, with Mike Winn and Jed Dickerson. Mr. Weakly hooked a largemouth bass. Weighing 25 pounds, 1 ounce when he weighed her on his digital scale. Breaking the world record by almost three pounds. Sadly, the 25-pound Largemouth was foul-hooked. His jig hooked the fish outside the mouth. Because of the California fishing, regulations the bass was not legally hooked inside the mouth and had to be release. The fish was named Dottie, because of a distinguishing marking she had. Dottie was found dead two years later May 8, 2008 floating in front of a dock. Her age was estimated to be 15 to 17 years old. Dottie may not be in the record book but she is still the biggest Largemouth Bass ever recorded and should be remember for that alone.
Guess what! Guess what!! Debo I took your great idea of adding eyes to plastic swimbaits to another level. I removed the eyes of your favorite Miyagi swimmer and added big 9-milimeter eyes. I used the eyes from them on Magic Flick drop shot minnows and the difference is amazing. Adding eyes to flies always made them more effective and the bigger the better. Try it; see for yourself, they make a real difference. You can get 3D reflective eyes on E-Bay of all sizes by the hundred for dollar and a little more for the larger sizes. But-a-Boom-But a-Bing adding Bling makes swimbaits King.
I have just about the same setup for spring. Love my jigs and always have a finesse one at least handy if not tied on for the upcoming trips. Ned rig I have caught a lot of fish on and have that tied on actually almost all year long. Need to work on my senko game this year. I have been using small lizards and have gotten some on those. Nice video sir.
Love the 3 you mentioned. I would add #4 Dropshot and #5 Float and Flies
reaction innovations been doing me good lately. 🙂
Flukemaster has already said that those TRD Craws are amazing!
a new reel for your $100 videos is the abu garcia revo4 x i have one and it's nice
Well, guess I've gotta go shopping.
'Some people say I only catch dinks'. Hilarious! Keep up the great vids! So ready for spring. It's so close. How's the water levels around ur area. Been seeing some crazy stuff. Hope all is well!
Debo, can you do a 1 hour challenge with your top 5 soft plastics? One rule: Can’t use it as a trailer. Must be Texas, Carolina, wacky etc. Just not as a trailer.
Going to a smaller paddle-tail swimbait, or a smaller stickbait helps me out in the grassy areas I fish in, and a drop-shot can work wonders (just saying, haha). I'm working on my jig game recently, and saw the value in down sizing. I was using a 3/8oz jig and trailer, but it kept collecting too much algae, so I downsized to a 1/4oz jig and trailer and caught some.
I would love to see a TRD Crawz vs Gary Yamamoto Psychodad vid. I saw a vid of the GY psychodad neko rigged and it looked awesome. Going to try that out soon. Keep up the vids, I’m digging the content!
Thanks.
In the lakes/ponds I fish it has to be weedless. Shaky head and Texas rigs. Small weedless swim bait setups too.
Debo do a arsenal and gear video! Love the content buddy!
Well I know I'll be throwin 1/8 oz shakey head + zman finesses worms. I only started throwin shakey heads last year. I'll be throwin tiny spinner baits, and inline spinners as well,probably some chatter baits, since I picked up some of them.
i fkin love you debo
Dang homie calling me out!!!! Ps war eagle jigs are the best IMO just went to BPS and picked up a bunch
Hard to beat a drop shot for finesse
Hi Debo I have too many choices so I will just let you pick one you like.
I bass fish and I fly fish and many fly anglers look down their arrogant noses at anglers that chuck rubber worms and baits made from plastic and wood. However, I like fishing of every kind. Casting tiny flies will instill a few things that bass anglers overlook. Fineness fishing as a rule requires light line and smaller lures. Light line as in small diameter line. I caught plenty of Steelhead using four and six pound line using hooks from size 16 to size 12 when forced to use them or never hook a fish. The same is true for bass fishing. If you can land a crazy 8-pound Steelhead, this means you have an equal chance to land a bass of the same size. Any lure starting at ¼oz and smaller with ten-pound braid works wonders. Tiny buzz baits, top water baits, spinnerbaits, crankbaits and plastics lets you fish water as deep as 12-feet. Tiny line makes any lure perform better. The technique that can fish both shallow and deep is a drop shot rig as boring as it is. Ned the turd is ok on hard bottom but the drop shot is just better for fishing grass, deep water, and fish in a catatonic state. The big mistake when using a drop shot is shaking the hell out of it. Drop shot baits do not need your help they move no matter how still you try to hold them. You will miss half the fish that bite while you wiggle and jiggle your line. Cast it to a place you think a fish could be, let hit bottom, and wait as long as you can while leaving only enough slack in the line as not to move the bait. Bass will slam the hell out of it sometimes and sometimes you will just feel a tick. Do not yank just reel tight and the fish will do the rest. You do not even have use spinning rods if you do not like them because bait caster called BFS reels will work perfect for people who loath using spinning tackle.
Shaky head & black trick worm. Going to throw the ned rig more this year. Hard to get away from your favorites.
Junebug is pretty good for dark water also. I haven't had any luck with watermelon red flake in clear water. lol. I don't even break that color out anymore. Awesome video none the less.
I have good luck with Z Man StreakZ 4" Curly tail with a belly weighted hook. The tail on those have so much action, and you can work them like a jig, or just crank them in at a medium pace. I catch more on chartreuse an black/purple.
I would rather catch dinks instead of nothing at all lol
Debos loaded video,love it till the last second